Dina Korzun
Dina Korzun | |
|---|---|
| Дина Корзун | |
 Korzun in 2016 | |
| Born | 13 April 1971 |
| Occupations | Actress, artist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Awards | Nika Award - 1999 Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour |
| Website | Dina Korzun.com |
Dianna "Dina" Aleksandrovna Korzun (Russian: Диа́нна (Ди́на) Алекса́ндровна Ко́рзун; born 13 April 1971) is a Russian actress.
Life and career
[edit]Korzun was born on 13 April 1971 in Smolensk. She graduated from secondary school and art school, and studied ballet and modern dance. Following her graduation from the Moscow Art Theatre School, she was invited to join the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, where she performed as a stage actress from 1996 to 2000. Her major roles included Katerina in Storm, She in I Can't Imagine Tomorrow, and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Korzun made her screen debut in Valery Todorovsky's Country of the Deaf[1] (1998), portraying Yaya, a young woman who is deaf and mentally ill.
Her other significant role is Tanya in Last Resort (2000) by Paweł Pawlikowski, for which she won the Best actress prize at the British Independent Film Awards (Best Newcomer on screen), London Film Festival (FIPRESCI Prize), Bratislava International Film Festival, Gijón International Film Festival, and Thessaloniki Film Festival.
In 2006, Korzun was nominated for the Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Award for her role in Forty Shades of Blue as Laura, a young Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older musician partner. In 2009, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for the movie Cold Souls.
In 2006, Korzun co-founded the Podari Zhizn charity foundation, which helps children suffering from oncological and hematological diseases.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Her first husband was Ansar Khalilullin. From this marriage, Korzun has a son, Timur Khalilullin (born 1990).[3] Her second husband was Aleksei Zuyev, an actor.[4] Since 2001, she has been married for the third time, to the Belgian musician and composer Louis Franck. The couple have two daughters: Itala (born 2008) and Sofia (born 2010).
She lived in London.
Korzun speaks Russian and English fluently and has acted in both of these languages.
Recognition
[edit]She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.[5]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Country of the Deaf | Yaya | |
| 2000 | The President And His Granddaughter | Tanya | |
| 2000 | Citizen of the head | Larissa Lushnikova | TV series |
| 2000 | Last Resort | Tanya | |
| 2002 | The theory of binge | Svetik | |
| 2002 | Road | Anna | |
| 2003 | No matter how well | Marina | TV |
| 2004 | Marfa | ||
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue | Laura | |
| 2005 | Female Novel | Zhenya | TV series |
| 2007 | Kuka | Lena | |
| 2008 | The Brothers Karamazov | Katerina Hohlakova | TV series |
| 2008 | The subscriber is temporarily unavailable | Lana | Mini-series |
| 2009 | Farewell | Alina | |
| 2009 | Mediator | Killers wife | |
| 2009 | Cold Souls | Nina | |
| 2009 | Russian cross | Maria | Mini-series |
| 2012 | After school | Zara, mother Frida, the artist | TV series |
| 2013 | It all started in Harbin | Matryona, mother of Boris and Volodya Eybozhenko | TV series |
| 2014 | Son | Mini-series | |
| 2016 | Peaky Blinders | Grand Duchess Izabella Petrovna | Series 3 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Дина Корзун (Dina Korzun): фильмография, фото, биография. Актёр". www.ivi.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ Podari.Life. Who we are
- ↑ "Дина Корзун: У меня родилась дочка! — Дина Корзун — Блог — Сноб". Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ↑ "Биография Дины Корзун". Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ↑ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Dina Korzun at IMDb
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